the genus Griocephalus. 149 



fi noly rugose. The eyes bear a few fine but moderately long 

 setae between the facets. The clypeal suture is very 

 deep, and forms an acute angle in the middle. The thorax 

 is a good deal narrower than the elytra, and only slightly 

 broader than the head and eyes ; it is scarcely transverse, 

 but is convex transversely, it bears numerous sharp, 

 elevated granules, between which it is minutely rugose, 

 and has some fine hairs; there is a vague, broad depression 

 on the disc, and behind this a feeble prominence in the 

 middle just in front of the scutellum. The elevated lines 

 on each elytron are not very distinct, the two on the 

 middle do not reach the apex, and the lateral one cannot 

 be seen either at the base or apex, the sutural angle is 

 minutely spinose. 



The legs and antennae are very mutilated ; all that 

 remains of the former are some portions of femora, and 

 one front tibia. Six joints remain of one antenna : these 

 are rather slender, and bear numerous erect hairs ; the 

 first joint is rather more than twice as long as the second ; 

 the third is not quite three times as long as the second, 

 the fourth is about as long as the first, the fifth is shorter 

 than the fourth, and the sixth shorter than the fifth and 

 but little longer than the first. 



Cephalocrius, n. g. 

 Antennas fere corporis longitudine, longius hirtelloe. 

 Palpi articulo ultimo ad apicem latissimo. 



Type Crioccphalus syriacus, Reitter. 



Closely allied to Griocephalus, the 0. syriacus of Reitter 

 is well distinguished by the above characters. I have 

 seen only one example and am not able to describe the 

 parts of the mouth more fully. Herr Reitter informs me 

 that in the female the antennas are less hairy than they are 

 in the male. The really important character of the genus 

 is the form of the palpi. 



Cephalocrius syriacus, Reitter. 



Griocephalus syriacus, Reitter, Wien. Ent. Zeit., 1895, 

 p. 86. 

 £ . Angustng, subdepressus, ferrugineus, elytris bicostatis et crebre 

 punctatis, antennis corporis longitudine subtus hirsutis ; tarsis 

 posterioribus articulo tertio profunde fisso, articulo basali elongato. 

 Long, vix 15, lat. 3| rain. 



